GRE Word List
POTENTIAL
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| provident | frugal |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |